Contents: Lentiviral vectors: applications, gene transfer efficiency and transgene expression
Therapeutic potential of HSC gene therapy
Vector integration site analysis
Lentiviral-mediated HSC gene transfer
Rationale for HSC gene therapy vs. BMT
HSC gene transfer by LV: current issues
Restriction factors for lentiviral gene transfer
Ex vivo transduction by lentiviral vectors
HSC gene transfer by LV: current goals
Applications: ex vivo into hematopoietic stem cells, ex vivo into lymphocytes, In vivo gene transfer (liver and CNS)
Systemic delivery of LV: current issues
Direct LV injection into the CNS
CNS gene transfer: current issues.